Author: Curtis McHale
The Firehose of Falsehoods is Turning Democracy into a Nazi Bar
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According to Applebaum, one of the key tactics that autocracies use to encourage citizens to opt out of any type of democratic process is a firehose of falsehoods. When presented with something bad the regime did the autocrat will produce as many reasons as possible that the bad thing, be it corruption or literally killing
The Rich Want You Busy, Thoughtless, and Grateful for Scraps
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Like this content, become a member to help keep it coming. Today we look at doing without existing in the world, don’t delegate your thinking, and the absurdness of the wealth of some people in the world. Always Doing, Never Existing I don’t know how to exist without doing anymore. I’ve forgotten what it feels
Anne Applebaum on Trump
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While Applebaum did reference Donald Trump a few times in Autocracy Inc, the bulk of the book was written before Trump’s second Presidency yet many of the tactics described by Applebaum in the book have clear parallels to what we see Trump’s team doing today. Want to read all my book content, join book club
Polyphia is excellent
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I just found Polyphia last night and they are awesome. The video below was my introduction to them. Next up, purchase a few of their albums.
Democracy for Me, Poverty and Exploitation for Thee
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We’re not even out of Chapter 1 in this month’s book and another thought has been sticking with me. Democracies love to preach the virtues of freedom – but they’ve never hesitated to install “friendly” leaders abroad when there’s profit to be made. This isn’t the first time I’ve come across the idea either. In
People’s Rights, Play, Local Music
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Do you enjoy this, become a member or buy a book to help keep the content coming. Today we have a hard conversation about the rights of people, how play was lost, and local music. Trans Rights, Women’s Rights, Gay Rights…Oh my This was a very interesting episode of Uncomfortable Conversations looking at trans rights
Democratic Hubris
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The first point that stuck out to me in Autocracy Inc is that many democratic countries believed if they engaged with autocrats economically they’d export their clearly superior ideas and democracy would spread throughout the world. This is a very common thought because we all want to believe that our ideas are the right ones,
Tolerance, Match Fit, and a Music Video
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Should you tolerate everyone? What about people who are intolerant and actively work to restrict the rights of others? Should you specialize early or wait? Which brings greater long-term success? Oh, and a fun music video from one of my current favourite bands to lighten up the mood. The Paradox of Tolerance In response to
What We Lost When We Made Sex Casual
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Next moth’s book is Autocracy Inc. Sign up to book club to get all the discussion on it free. This month’s book was The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry. Perry sets out to answer the question, was the sexual revolution good for women? Was it all good, all bad, what parts were
The Smart Home, Dumb Trade-offs, and Tunnelling Tax
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This week the AWS issue was the last straw and had me take out my smart lights, Ryder Caroll has good advice on how to take notes that mean something in the future, and what are the costs of tunnelling tax? Like this support the content by purchasing my book or becoming a member. Goodbye
